Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 256D

256D Request for approval to keep pet in resident’s room

(1) The resident may request, in the approved form, the provider’s approval for the resident to keep a stated pet in the resident’s room.

(2) The provider must respond to the resident’s request within 14 days after receiving the request.

(3) The provider’s response must be in writing and state—

(a) whether the provider approves or refuses the resident’s request; and

(b) if the provider approves the resident’s request subject to conditions—the conditions of the approval; and

(c) if the provider refuses the resident’s request—

(i) the grounds for the refusal; and

(ii) the reasons why the provider believes the grounds for the refusal apply to the request.

Note—

See section 256E for the permitted grounds for refusal.

(4) The provider is taken to approve the keeping of the pet in the resident’s room if—

(a) the provider does not comply with subsection (2) ; or

(b) the provider’s response does not comply with subsection (3) .

(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a provider’s refusal of a resident’s request on the grounds that ‘no pets are allowed’ is not enough to comply with subsection (3) (c) .